Thank you to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and praise our Lord for this wonderful life......

At a home in a labor ghetto in the business district, a secret meeting was being held at this time.

The organizers are the pastors of the church who are hiding and lurking.

Although they survived the blow of the imperial summer, many low-key priests still survived.

These pastors have learned the lessons of their colleagues who have acted in the most high-profile and obsessive manners, and they are now becoming very cautious.

After more than six months of hard work, the church has made great achievements among the European population here in Manhattan.

Come to think of it, at that time, these European laborers were only focused on making money, and of course they had no energy to throw themselves into the arms of the Lord in order to support their families.

After all, no matter how great the Lord is, it is not important to have a full stomach.

But as they worked in the Song Empire and received high salaries to improve their lives, their material lives changed drastically.

As their material lives change, their inevitable spiritual lives become extremely empty.

Although there is a red X area on this side of the shopping street, there are countless sister papers, and taverns can provide simple entertainment, and even gambling.

But there is no way to mentally leave a sense of sustenance.

Therefore, the arrival of the priests gave them an opportunity to use them for spiritual and material sustenance.

Moreover, these European laborers are all from Europe, and they are not too resistant to the church.

At the same time, the Church has dominated people's minds in Europe for almost a thousand years, and it can be said that its faith has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, as soon as I came into contact with these spiritually empty European laborers, it was easy to fool them back into the arms of the Lord and become the Lambs of the Lord.

And the lives of these pastors have also been fundamentally changed because of the increase in the number of believers.

After the events of the summer, the lives of these pastors suddenly lost their source.

At that time, many people did not want to deal with them, because they were afraid that the empire would come into contact with the priests. And drive them away.

At that time, the pastors lived a very miserable life, often starving for a day and not even eating a slice of bread.

After all, these pastors don't have the skills or skills to fool people.

So, when people don't want to engage with them much, the skills of these pastors are useless.

Now the situation is different, and now believers, under the deception of pastors, are enthusiastically buying indulgences.

Because the pastors said what happened in the summer. That was the Lord's test for them.

But Jesus was disappointed that none of the lambs had passed the test.

However, the Lord is still very forgiving, and as long as these believers who have returned to the arms of the Lord sincerely change their ways, then the Lord is still willing to accept them.

Therefore, atone for your sins.

As for the method of atonement, it is very simple, just buy a indulgence.

Methods such as 'indulgences' are often used in Europe.

It can even be traced back to the dark and ignorant age of the Middle Ages.

At that time, the Church gathered almost all the economy and wealth of Europe in the hands of the Church through the means of 'indulgences'.

Even now, some bishops in Europe are short of money to spend. Local residents will also be called upon to buy indulgences.

As for how to fool the local people, it is very simple.

It is important to know that the major cities in Europe in this era, including the countryside, were not very hygienic, and their sanitary conditions were extremely poor.

Therefore. The high proportion of people who get sick and die because of substandard hygiene gives the money-hungry members of the church a good excuse.

See, why are these people dying so strangely, because you are not godly to God? So God is punishing you.

If you make up something like this, these bishops will come with their mouths open and don't have to think about it.

Because what they're saying is just too smooth.

And whether people themselves are religious or not. Only he knows the way.

One thing is for sure, though, that basically not everyone is that religious.

After all, people are selfish, aren't they?

So, being so frightened by the bishops, plus that I may occasionally be less religious.

So these people are easily fooled.

Then they began to buy indulgences, and the endless wealth flowed into the pockets of the bishops and priests in the area.

Except for half of the money that goes to the upper echelons of the church, the rest will be divided between the dead.

The bishops or priests who received the money used the money to spend all their days drinking and even keeping mistresses, there are many such things in the church, and basically everyone knows it.

Only the poor people don't know what to do.

The money they worked so hard to earn went into the hands of these greedy guys, adding to their lives of spending all their time.

This kind of thing is very common on the European continent.

Now, here in Manhattan, these pastors are using this method again.

And it's very effective.

The European laborers here in Manhattan have a lot of money on their hands, and they are absolutely big money compared to their European compatriots.

In addition, the standard of living in Manhattan is very low, so the salary of these people can ensure that the family lives very well, and in Europe it is the life of a small landowner.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the pastors in Manhattan receive more money than a bishop of a region on the European continent, which is very staggering to them.

And judging from the situation of those believers, their oppression has not hurt these believers at all, and they can still have room for further squeezing.

This is really a treasure of feng shui, a good place to make a fortune.

This is the common sentiment of all pastors.

But the believers they are developing now are European laborers, who are at the lowest level of the empire.

Although they are free people, they have no status in the empire, and they make the lowest level of money.

These pastors have been in Manhattan for a while, and they know it all by heart.

They knew that in Manhattan, apart from slaves and prisoners, the European freedmen had the lowest status.

If these people want to make a fortune. Then it is necessary to absorb people of Indian or Asian descent as believers.

Needless to say, the Indians were all members of the imperial militia reservists, receiving a salary.

But in peacetime, they are no longer troops, but free to move around, and their lives are very leisurely.

Therefore, these Indians either worked as mercenaries and guards for the bosses of Chinese descent, or went hunting in the surrounding area themselves, or they worked as guardians for the landlords.

As a result, these Indians made much more money each month than their European freeman laborers.

Therefore, if these people become believers. Then these pastors will have access to even more wealth.

But the Indians are far from the black-haired, black-eyed Asian citizens who call themselves hot-blooded.

Here in Manhattan, the worst Asian citizens are the small owners of a shop, and there are even many people who own land, cattle and sheep, and pigs, chickens and ducks in the surrounding area, so they are very wealthy.

What's more, there are fishing boats that can be used to fish in the offshore waters.

Each time the fish are caught, it takes less than an hour. It will be snapped up by people.

From this, it can be seen that such a boss will have no money in his hands?

At the same time, Asian citizens had a high status within the empire and enjoyed many intangible privileges.

If only they could absorb Asian citizens to believe in God. Then these pastors can get even more benefits.

If it goes bigger, if there are Asians in the government department, or if the aristocracy believes in God, then their lives will be better.

Of course. These things are still a bit too far away for them now, and the meals have to be eaten one bite at a time, and things have to be done step by step.

They also came into contact with these people of the highest status in the empire. However, most of them were commoners, neither aristocrats nor civil servants working in the government.

But even so, the performance of these people was very disappointing to them.

When they heard that they were going to preach the gospel of God to themselves, they immediately grabbed their arms and shouted for the Indian police to come and arrest them.

You don't see the slightest interest in God in these people.

And on several occasions they almost lost their manpower and were arrested in the police station.

The Empire has now officially declared the Church in Europe an illegal organization and a cult.

Such an announcement made these pastors very angry and helpless.

The situation is stronger than people, and this is not the place in Europe where they say it is.

This is America, the territory of the Song Empire, and everything is up to the people.

What's more, no matter how good the church is, it is also a European cow, and it is impossible to come to America and go sideways.

Not only in the Americas, but even in the Arab world in the Middle East, the church did not dare to do anything.

Gatherings in the workers' quarters are increasing and becoming more frequent during this time.

At the same time, the number of participants is getting bigger and bigger, more than one at a time.

This has aroused extreme concern and vigilance among the intelligence ministries.

There are more than a million European freedmen here in Manhattan, and if these people make trouble, it will bring great turmoil and trouble to Manhattan.

Therefore, this can't help but make the intelligence department nervous.

On the outskirts of the community, a few young Europeans seemed to be idle, squatting there chatting, smoking and farting.

But if you look closely, you can see that the eyes of these young people are always looking around and into the distance.

They are all guarded by the priests on the periphery, after all, their current assembly is illegal, so they must guard against the Empire. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info. )